If successful, the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor will receive a discretionary grant of US$9.85 million, which will be put towards a $19.7 million expansion of its infrastructure.<\/p>\n
“These investments in Northwest Indiana will allow the Port of Indiana to increase its multimodal freight-handling capabilities to help meet anticipated future demand,” said Rich Cooper, CEO Ports of Indiana.<\/p>\n
“This grant will permit us to further accelerate our investments to help attract new companies and new cargoes to the region.”<\/p>\n
The port is looking to construct a new 2.3-acre cargo terminal with multimodal connections for handling cargo transfers between ships, barges, rail cars and trucks.<\/p>\n
In addition, 4.4 miles will be added to the port’s existing 14-mile rail network. Two new rail yards will create rail storage for 165 rail cars, accommodate a 90-car unit train and provide rail car switching within the port, improving operating efficiencies for port companies.<\/p>\n
Improvements to the west dock, including extending a retaining wall and paving a dock apron, will result in an additional 1,200 feet of usable dock space. The project scope also includes a new six-acre truck marshalling yard to relieve congestion along port roads.<\/p>\n
A total of $850 million has been made available under the FASTLANE program, also called the “INFRA” grant funds program in 2017, of which $79 million was recommended for smaller projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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